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Gilbert B Norman wrote:From reviewing the article, it further appears that Positive Train Control could have avoided this incident - so here comes that devil to haunt the industry. On PTC, it's no longer whether, but when.
Gilbert B Norman wrote:The most pertinent Brief Passage from the linked Reuters article has got to be this:The incident threatens to stoke concerns about the safety of carrying increasing volumes of crude oil by rail, a trend that emerged from the unexpected burst of shale oil production out of North Dakota's Bakken fields. Over two-thirds of the state's oil production is currently shipped by rail
From reviewing the article, it further appears that Positive Train Control could have avoided this incident - so here comes that devil to haunt the industry. On PTC, it's no longer whether, but when.
Considering Megantic as well as this incident and how volatile crude can be - outside temperature notwithstanding, look for the FRA to start telling all railroads how to handle crude. While HAZMAT 1267 may represent crude as a whole, this is now the second incident involving Bakken Crude as a more volatile commodity than normal. Look for indemnity costs to dramatically escalate be they insurance premiums, reserves for casualties, or some combination thereof.
sandyriverman wrote:More bad press for those who wish to profit from the shipping of oil. The only alternative is pipelines and our POTUS and all the enviros in the world don't really want to see that.
SRM
Fishrrman wrote:I read through the postings in this thread and have seen next-to-nothing about the particulars of the derailment, such as:
- Is this single or double-track territory?
- If single-track, did it happen as the result of a collision of two trains at a control point?
- Or (as I read somewhere else), was it double-track, and the result of one train derailing and fouling the other?
I read somewhere else this morning (sorry, can't remember where) that the two trains were passing, that the grain train derailed, and the oil train then hit the derailed cars.
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